4723-7-01
Definitions.

(A)
"Authorization to test" means the
authorization to take the examination for licensure issued by the testing
service to an eligible applicant.

(B)
"Current" or "active" license means a
license that is not inactive, suspended, lapsed, or revoked.

(C)
"Eligible applicant" means an individual
who applies for licensure by examination whom the board has determined, based
on the requirements contained in section
4723.09 of the Revised Code and
this chapter, is eligible to take the examination.

(D)
"Examination" or "examination for
licensure" means the NCLEX-RN or the NCLEX-PN.

(E)
"Foreign educated nurse graduate" means
an individual who has completed a nursing education program leading to initial
licensure as a nurse that is not located within a jurisdiction of the national
council of state boards of nursing.

(F)
"Inactive" means the status of a license
or certificate of an individual who has entered an
electronic or written request
for the board to place the license or certificate on inactive status
. An individual with an inactive license or
certificate does not hold a current, valid license or certificate.

(G)
"Jurisdiction of the national council of
state boards of nursing" means any state, territory, or political subdivision
of the United States in which a board or legal approving authority regulates
nurse licensure and nursing practice and maintains membership in the national
council of state boards of nursing.

(H)
"Lapsed" means the status of a license or
certificate of an individual who did not meet all the requirements of license
or certificate renewal, who did not
request that the board place the license or certificate on inactive status
prior to the license expiration date, and whose license
or certificate has expired.

(I)
"NCLEX-PN" means the national council
licensing examination for practical nurses developed and administered by the
national council of state boards of nursing.

(J)
"NCLEX-RN" means the national council
licensing examination for registered nurses developed and administered by the
national council of state boards of nursing.

(K)
"Practical nursing education program"
means a nursing education program that leads to initial licensure as a licensed
practical nurse.

(L)
"Reactivate"
means to change the status of a license or certificate from inactive to
active.

(M)
"Registered nursing
education program" means a professional nursing education program that leads to
initial licensure as a registered nurse.

(N)
"Reinstate" means to change the status of
a license or certificate from lapsed or suspended to reinstated.

(O)
"Testing service" means the entity that
the national council of state boards of nursing contracts with for the
development and administration of the examination.